George Conway Praises Trump and Biden for Afghanistan Withdrawal

George Conway is offering rare praise for former President Donald Trump for starting the process to end the war in Afghanistan and withdraw U.S. troops.

In a series of tweets on Monday, George Conway — husband to Kellyanne Conway — shared a video of Trump claiming credit for starting the withdrawal of U.S. forces and wrote, “Both and deserve credit, not blame.”

Trump administration officials brokered an agreement with the Taliban last year to bring an end to the war, and Biden decided to follow through with that deal and withdraw U.S. forces.

While intelligence assessments initially predicted that Kabul, Afghanistan, the capital, could be overrun in six to 12 months, the Taliban stunned administration officials by swiftly taking control of the country in a matter of days.

George Conway also tweeted a story from The Wall Street Journal about veterans of the war reflecting on the withdrawal. He highlighted one quote, “‘What are we going to do, stay in another 20 years?’ said former Army paratrooper lost both his legs when he stepped on a 20-pound IED in Panjwai, part of Kandahar province, in 2011.”

He re-tweeted others who defended the decision to end the war:

George Conway’s comments come as the U.S. is carrying out a rushed evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies.

Biden has authorized the deployment of 7,000 U.S. troops to the country to “make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel and an orderly and safe evacuation of Afghans who helped our troops during our mission and those at special risk from the Taliban advance.”

On Monday, videos and images showed Afghan people attempting to cling to U.S. military planes as they tried to flee the country. Some videos showed people falling from planes during take-off.